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Grade 6

• Expressions & Equations

  • 6.EE.A.1
  • 6.EE.A.2
  • 6.EE.A.2.a
  • 6.EE.A.2.b
  • 6.EE.A.2.c
  • 6.EE.A.3
  • 6.EE.B.5
  • 6.EE.B.6
  • 6.EE.B.7
  • 6.EE.B.8
  • 6.EE.C.9

• Geometry

  • 6.G.A.1
  • 6.G.A.3
  • 6.G.A.4

• The Number System

  • 6.NS.A.1
  • 6.NS.B.2
  • 6.NS.B.3
  • 6.NS.B.4
  • 6.NS.B.4.a
  • 6.NS.B.4.b
  • 6.NS.B.4.c
  • 6.NS.C.5
  • 6.NS.C.6
  • 6.NS.C.6.a
  • 6.NS.C.6.b
  • 6.NS.C.6.c
  • 6.NS.C.7
  • 6.NS.C.7.a
  • 6.NS.C.7.b
  • 6.NS.C.7.c
  • 6.NS.C.8

• Ratios & Proportional Relationships

  • 6.RP.A.1
  • 6.RP.A.2
  • 6.RP.A.3
  • 6.RP.A.3.a
  • 6.RP.A.3.b
  • 6.RP.A.3.c
  • 6.RP.A.3.d

• Statistics & Probability

  • 6.SP.A.1
  • 6.SP.A.2
  • 6.SP.A.3
  • 6.SP.B.4
  • 6.SP.B.5
  • 6.SP.B.5.a
  • 6.SP.B.5.b
  • 6.SP.B.5.c
  • 6.SP.B.5.d

Arizona Math Standard: 6.RP.A.3

Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve mathematical problems and problems in real-world context (e.g., by reasoning about data collected from measurements, tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations).

An Olympic Sized Pool and Jet Fuel (Episode 3)

How many times could you fill up a jet plane using the fuel that would fit in an olympic-sized pool?

Gr 3-8

An Olympic Sized Pool and Lots of Pasta (Episode 2)

How many pounds of pasta could you cook using the water in an olympic-sized pool?

Gr 3-7

Special Gifts with Special Requirements

Your special friends sure have some unique gift needs!

Gr 1-8

Olympics: Medals by Population

Do big countries always have the most medals? Which smaller countries rank surprisingly high in the Olympics?

Gr 6-8

Mow A Lawn

How long would it take to mow a very large lawn with a push-mower?

Gr 1-7

Measurement: An Elephant

What if I told you that an elephant weighed a back-breaking 176,000? Could you figure out the unit I’m using? But… how many corgis would that be?

Gr 3-8

Measurement: A Long Movie

What if I told you a movie was a whopping 0.017 long? Could you figure out the unit I’m using? This lesson packs in strange measurements of time as well as tiny decimals.

Gr 3-8

Measurement: How Big is this Bathtub?

So, if I told you a bathtub holds 640 of water, which unit would make the most sense?

Gr 3-8

Measurement: How Old Is Mr. Byrd?

What if I told you that I’m 341,640 old? Could you figure out what unit I’m using? Hint: it’s not years!

Gr 3-8

Disneyland Parking Structure Math Project

Your students will use estimation strategies to figure out how many parking spots are there in the parking structure at Disneyland? And you bet I reveal the real answer!

Gr 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Analyzing Movies’ Success

So should we make another movie in this series?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8

What Does it Cost to Fill a Car with Other Liquids

Is gas actually that expensive? What if we filled a car up with… orange juice?

Gr 2-8

Investigating Cost of Living

Would you save money if you lived in Las Vegas and commuted every day to San Francisco?

Gr 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

A Donut Investigation

In this cross-curricular investigation, students will look into an intriguing question: do donuts or salads have more sugar? They’ll grapple with misleading information, bias, and use their math skills to create a visual representation of sugar in popular foods.

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

A Caffeine Investigation – Part 1

So… just how much caffeine can you have before you end up in the ER?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

Percents and Credit Cards

Let’s buy something expensive with a credit card and then make only the minumum payments!

Gr 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

Exploring Circumference With Famous Circles

Let’s find how the diameter and circumference of famous circles are related.

Gr 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8

Analyze and Create Misleading Graphs

Let’s make some intentionally bad graphs to learn how to spot poorly made graphs.

Gr 1-6

How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?

So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

A Nutrition-Based Math Project

Let’s create a parody ad attacking a surprisingly calorie-rich meal.

Gr 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Furnishing A Hotel

Design and furnish hotel rooms on a budget. Real math, real constraints, real decisions. Then pitch your hotel to investors.

Gr 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Math Project: What If I Bought Apple Stock Instead?

What if you had an original iPod and sold it compared to if you had bought the equivalent amount of Apple stock and sold that?

Gr 2-7